Cinnamon Raisan Bread Recipe

This recipe is on my list for months..I always wanted to make this dish..I got this recipe from the pioneer woman’s blog…I love Ree so much..She is a great cook and a great blogger..This pictures looks almost like a cake than a bread that is because I couldn’t find a loaf pan here..so I used a aluminium tin..So I din get the perfect bread loaf shape..who cares about the shape,this taste divine..I promise you..It was so good..We finished it that day itself..i got a slice leftover next day(lucky to have that) so I toasted it by applying some butter in that and tasted it..i should tell you that was heavenly…I highly recommend to try this bread…this bread is pretty easy to make..I cannot find cinnamon powder here so,I took some cinnamon bark and powdered it in mixi and used that..You can always adjust the amount of sugar that you add in this..please please give it a try..i am gonna do it again soon…Please make this and let me know how it came..please leave comments…

Ingredients:

Flour- 3 1/2 cups / 400 gms

Butter-6 tblspn / 6 tblspn for smearing

Milk-1 cup / 240 ml / 8 fluid ounces / 1/2 pint

Yeast-2 1/2 tsp

Eggs-2

Salt-1 tsp

Sugar-1/3 cup + 1/3 cup ( a total of 130 gms)

Cinnamon Powder-2 tblspn Raisans – 1 tblspn (optional)

Method:

In a bowl mix together sugar with cinnamon and set this aside.

In a mixing bowl add eggs,2 tblspn of sugar, salt and mix well.

In a separate bowl melt 50 gms of butter with milk.When it turns to warm condition add in yeast and mix well.Let it sit for 10 min.

When it foams up,pour this in to the egg mixture and mix well.Now pour this into the flour and make a slightly sticky dough.

Take a big bowl and apply oil on all sides and place the dough in this and cover it.Let it rise for 30 min.

After 30 min,take the dough out of the bowl punch the air out of it and knead it for 5 min.

Spread the dough in to a thin sheet(make sure that the rolled sheet fits the loaf pan),apply softened butter on the sheet then sprinkle with the prepared cinnamon sugar all over the sheet.Add some raisins on that..

Roll it and place it inside a well buttered loaf pan and let it rise for 1 hour.Then brush it with milk or egg wash…

Then bake the bread in a preheated oven(180 degree celcius) for 40-45 min.

i love its taste…i used to buy this in a grocery store….they are available in big lofts…i used to throw away at least half a loaf….now i knw the recipe i can make to the required quantity..thnX for nice recipe….keep posting aarthi….